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"Telling" in a Sentence (16 examples)
Being objective means not telling everybody whose side you are on.
The discrepancy between the stories of the two parties involved in the accident was so great that the authorities had a hard time deciding which side was telling the truth.
Ray was willing to corroborate Gary's story, but the police were still unconvinced that either of them were telling the truth.
Why are you telling me about hippos all of the sudden? I don't see the connection between that and your twelve red goldfishes.
There is no telling what will happen in the near future.
There's no telling what kind of trouble this proposal might stir up. The result is certainly going to be something to see.
How about telling me what you have in mind?
There is no telling what will happen.
Please forgive me for telling a lie.
He's above telling a lie.
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a telling blow
a telling smile
But ever since the concept of "hamartia" recurred through Aristotle's Poetics, in an attempt to describe man's ingrained iniquity, our impulse has been to identify a telling defect in those brought suddenly and dramatically low.
telling evidence
There may he sit and smile, or creep among the ships, or moan and sigh round islands in his great content—the miser lord of wealth in gems and pearls beyond the telling of all fables.
"One white man." said Bill, after a brief inspection. "Out on his line, I s'pose, and there's no tellin' when he'll be back. So we won't wait. We'll just serve notice on him."
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